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I have the ability to make a choice in how I respond. My natural response does not have to be the only response I have.

Jill Bolte Taylor

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Jill Bolte Taylor
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: May 4
Anatomist
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Biologist
Neuroscientist
Terre Haute
Indiana
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